The tortoiseshell carapace has four pairs of rib shields. The head is about 12 centimeters wide and the carapace is 0.9 meters long. 2 pairs of forehead scales, carapace scutes are thin and arranged in an imbricate shape (except for juvenile turtles and old individuals). The back color varies widely, usually brown with dark or light spots and head stripes. The limbs are flipper-shaped, with the forelimbs being larger and having two claws, and the hind limbs being smaller and having only one claw. The tail is short and usually does not show outside the nail. Hawksbill turtles feed on seaweed, fish, molluscs, etc. Specially selected tropical beaches, usually nesting on small beaches on coral islands. Always wandering back and forth before nesting on the beach under spreading trees. The number of eggs in a clutch ranges from 53 to 250.
Hawksbill turtles are distributed in the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, and along the coasts of tropical and subtropical countries. In China, the hawksbill turtle is listed as a national second-class protected animal.
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